Decline of EMRSA-16 amongst methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing bacteraemias in the UK between 2001 and 2007

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 446-448

  Ellington, Matthew J ^a   Hope, Russell ^a   Livermore, David M ^a   Kearns, Angela M ^a   Henderson, Katherine ^a   Cookson, Barry D ^a   Pearson, Andrew ^a   Johnson, Alan P ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloodstream infections; MRSA; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCIDENCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77950327938     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp448     Document Type: Article

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